Ethics in the digital workplace
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The textile manufacturer FMAC in Esposende which belongs to the Quinta e Costa group, announced collective dismissals affecting 111 workers. However, according to the President of the textile trade union of Minho and Trás-os-Montes, the management failed to comply with some legal requirements in the collective dismissal process. For some older workers it may be difficult to find a new job.
Eurofound (2010), FMAC, Bankruptcy in Portugal, factsheet number 71135, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71135.